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Understanding happiness: personal experience, psychology, economics, philosophy, history, religion, neurology etc.

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February 2010

Added 18 days 5 hrs 29 mins ago by Winton Bates

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I wrote about a few different things during February. Does the concept of national character make sense? J S Mill's concept of national character is linked to his views about progress (see posts in January). Mill suggested that view more

January 2010

Added 46 days 6 hrs 42 mins ago by Winton Bates

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During January I thought some more about the good society and the idea of progress. I began the year thinking about whether communitarians and libertarians can agree about the good society. This was prompted by my surprise that view more

December 2009

Added 72 days 10 hrs 25 mins ago by Winton Bates

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I wrote more on the ‘good society' theme in December. The main point emerging was that various indicators of well-being and quality of institutions tell a similar story about the characteristics of a good society. I ended the m view more

November 2009

Added 106 days 10 hrs 32 mins ago by Winton Bates

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In November I continued with the "good society" theme in my main blog. I began considering the implications of a developmental approach to human well-being but spent most time considering indicators of a peaceful society. How do view more

October 2009

Added 132 days 7 hrs 22 mins ago by Winton Bates

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Last month I wrote mainly about ethics. I started by wondering how Ayn Rand could view selfishness as a virtue, then moved to discuss the characteristics of a good society. I ended the month considering why we shouldn't expect view more